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Ch ild s afet y
exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-fac ing ch ild safety seat in a rear
seat ing pos ition and have the airbag system
inspected immediately by your Audi dealer .
A
WARNING
- Forward-facing ch ild seats insta lled on the
front passenger seat may interfere with the
deployment of the a irbag and cause serious
persona l injury to the child.
- If exceptiona l circumstances require the use
of a forwa rd-facing child rest raint on the
front passenger's seat, the child 's safety
and we ll-being requ ire the following specia l
precautions to be taken :
- Always make sure that the forward -facing
seat has been designed and certified by its
manufacturer for use on a front passenger
seat with a front and side airbag.
- Always carefu lly follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child seat
or infant car rier.
- Never install a chi ld restraint without a
properly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's
instructions
req uire the top tether strap to be used .
- Never put the fo rward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always set the safety belt upper anchor-
age to the adjustment position that per-
mits proper insta llation in accordance with
the child restraint manufacturer's
instruc-
tions.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as possible before installing the
child restraint . The backrest must be ad -
justed to an upr ight position .
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rea rmost pos ition in its fore
and aft adjustment range.
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- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats) . These may influence the electrical
capac itance measured by the capac itive
passenger detection system and can also
fly around in an accident and cause se rious
personal injury .
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, e lectronic
games device, powe r inverter o r seat heat-
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the 12-
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket .
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never install any child restra int sys-
tem on this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or oth-
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cush ion.
- Always make sure that the PAS SENGER
AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays on
all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on .
- If the PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immediate-
ly install the forward-fac ing child seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspe cted by your authorized Audi
dealer.
- Always buc kle the ch ild seat firmly in
place even if a child is not s itting in it. A
loose ch ild seat can fly around du ring a
sudden stop or in a collis ion .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a ch ild restraint in a vehi-
cle ¢ page 135, Safety belts, ¢ page 143,
Airbag system and
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page 167, Impor-
tant information .
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Tips
Always replace child restraints that were in-
stalled in a vehicle during a crash . Damage to
a child restraint that is not visible could cause
it to fail in another collision situation.
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